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Originally Posted by SteamWake
good lord thats an old call Bill, you still in New York ?
KE4JOY here
I can do around 10 to 12 wpm on a straight key but can rip off almost 40 with my paddles  .
I can only copy around up to 30wpm anymore. But when I was a kid I could copy 20-30 wpm while watching tv and talking on the phone :p |
Yeah, I'm still in NY. My novice call was KB2JII, which was an abomination to send in CW. My call isn't that old, I got it back around 1991 or so. It has such a nice rhythm to it that I've kept it.
By the way, I hadn't warmed up or anything, that was cold, so it isn't as fast as I can go.
I still use a straight key for the same reason I use a flintlock: It's more fun that way.